Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 86 52
Rank change year-on-year -33 -34 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,163 1,856 2,440
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 3.30% 4.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 3.68% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 789 1,040 1,865
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £96,250 £88,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £121,500 £112,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,634
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.89% +4.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,916 50,426 45,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.53% 89.77% 92.89%
Number of salaries quoted 28,716 25,356 34,915
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,871
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% -3.67%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -20 1,080 £77,500 +10.71% 1,294
London +7 601 £85,000 - 359
UK excluding London -73 506 £70,000 +7.69% 1,060
Work from Home -21 491 £75,000 +11.11% 860
North of England -20 223 £70,000 +13.17% 248
North West -2 122 £70,000 +11.11% 127
South East -93 101 £72,500 +3.57% 295
Yorkshire -16 86 £75,000 +22.54% 97
Midlands -13 64 £75,000 +15.38% 181
South West -57 51 £62,500 - 131
West Midlands +20 37 £71,250 +14.00% 89
Scotland -59 32 £66,000 -5.71% 44
East of England -19 29 £77,500 +34.78% 137
East Midlands -27 25 £77,500 +19.23% 81
North East -9 15 £61,350 +16.86% 24
Wales -14 5 £55,200 +10.40% 35
Northern Ireland -11 3 - - 11
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (2.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 24 (2.06%) Apache
3 24 (2.06%) Apache Spark
3 24 (2.06%) Confluence
4 13 (1.12%) OpenStack
5 11 (0.95%) JBoss
6 10 (0.86%) Appian
6 10 (0.86%) CMS
7 8 (0.69%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.60%) nginx
9 6 (0.52%) IIS
10 5 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.17%) Liferay
12 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.086%) Camunda
13 1 (0.086%) Ethereum
13 1 (0.086%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.086%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 22 (1.89%) Maya
2 14 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.34%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.77%) Endur
2 9 (0.77%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.26%) Shopify
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.086%) Actimize
7 1 (0.086%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.086%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.086%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.086%) Quorum
7 1 (0.086%) R3 Corda
7 1 (0.086%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 618 (53.14%) AWS
2 555 (47.72%) Azure
3 196 (16.85%) Serverless
4 188 (16.17%) GCP
5 159 (13.67%) SaaS
6 126 (10.83%) GitHub
7 123 (10.58%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (6.96%) Amazon EKS
8 81 (6.96%) Amazon S3
9 76 (6.53%) AWS Lambda
10 68 (5.85%) Amazon ECS
11 61 (5.25%) PaaS
12 58 (4.99%) GitHub Actions
13 53 (4.56%) Amazon SQS
14 48 (4.13%) AWS CloudFormation
15 41 (3.53%) IaaS
16 38 (3.27%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (3.27%) Power Platform
17 34 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
18 33 (2.84%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.95%) HTTP
2 9 (0.77%) AMQP
3 8 (0.69%) Network Security
4 4 (0.34%) WAN
5 3 (0.26%) Broadband
5 3 (0.26%) Internet
5 3 (0.26%) Multicast
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) LAN
6 2 (0.17%) SNMP
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) Firewall
7 1 (0.086%) MQTT
7 1 (0.086%) TCAP
7 1 (0.086%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (14.45%) NoSQL
2 164 (14.10%) PostgreSQL
3 145 (12.47%) MongoDB
4 136 (11.69%) SQL Server
5 66 (5.67%) Relational Database
6 62 (5.33%) DynamoDB
7 53 (4.56%) MySQL
8 43 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 39 (3.35%) Elasticsearch
10 27 (2.32%) Redis
11 24 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (1.98%) Big Data
12 23 (1.98%) Power BI
12 23 (1.98%) RDBMS
13 17 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
13 17 (1.46%) Tableau
14 15 (1.29%) DB2
15 11 (0.95%) BigQuery
15 11 (0.95%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.77%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 159 (13.67%) Git
2 127 (10.92%) Jenkins
3 59 (5.07%) JIRA
4 47 (4.04%) GitLab
5 45 (3.87%) JUnit
6 43 (3.70%) Selenium
7 35 (3.01%) Cucumber
8 29 (2.49%) JMeter
9 28 (2.41%) TeamCity
10 27 (2.32%) Mockito
11 21 (1.81%) Bitbucket
11 21 (1.81%) Cypress.io
12 17 (1.46%) Oracle Forms
13 13 (1.12%) CircleCI
14 12 (1.03%) Maven
15 9 (0.77%) LoadRunner
15 9 (0.77%) Postman
16 8 (0.69%) git-flow
17 7 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
17 7 (0.60%) SonarQube
General
1 344 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 336 (28.89%) Finance
3 112 (9.63%) Banking
4 106 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (8.86%) Law
6 69 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 60 (5.16%) Retail
8 48 (4.13%) Games
9 45 (3.87%) Financial Institution
10 33 (2.84%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.67%) French Language
12 30 (2.58%) Dutch Language
12 30 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 28 (2.41%) Billing
14 27 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (2.32%) Marketing
15 26 (2.24%) Back Office
16 24 (2.06%) Legal
17 20 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 404 (34.74%) Developer
2 265 (22.79%) Senior
3 237 (20.38%) Architect
4 192 (16.51%) Software Engineer
5 177 (15.22%) Lead
6 116 (9.97%) Solutions Architect
7 103 (8.86%) Java Developer
8 102 (8.77%) .NET Developer
9 89 (7.65%) Full-Stack Developer
9 89 (7.65%) Senior Developer
10 63 (5.42%) Senior Software Engineer
11 58 (4.99%) Lead Developer
12 56 (4.82%) Java Engineer
13 50 (4.30%) Software Developer
14 44 (3.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 42 (3.61%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 41 (3.53%) Cloud Engineer
17 38 (3.27%) Lead Architect
18 35 (3.01%) Java Software Engineer
19 34 (2.92%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 307 (26.40%) .NET
2 281 (24.16%) React
3 247 (21.24%) RESTful
4 200 (17.20%) Spring
5 196 (16.85%) REST
6 182 (15.65%) Kafka
7 173 (14.88%) Spring Boot
8 143 (12.30%) AngularJS
9 139 (11.95%) Node.js
10 120 (10.32%) .NET Core
11 100 (8.60%) HTML
12 75 (6.45%) .NET Framework
13 70 (6.02%) ASP.NET
14 69 (5.93%) CSS
15 64 (5.50%) ASP.NET Web API
16 60 (5.16%) RabbitMQ
17 55 (4.73%) Entity Framework
17 55 (4.73%) Middleware
18 53 (4.56%) Hibernate
19 51 (4.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 307 (26.40%) Cloud Native
2 176 (15.13%) Distributed Systems
3 125 (10.75%) Enterprise Software
4 99 (8.51%) Product Ownership
5 52 (4.47%) Legacy Systems
6 48 (4.13%) Greenfield Project
7 32 (2.75%) Data Structures
8 31 (2.67%) Virtual Team
9 29 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (2.32%) Algorithms
11 25 (2.15%) Distributed Architecture
12 24 (2.06%) Blockchain
13 23 (1.98%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.98%) Onboarding
14 17 (1.46%) Low-Code
14 17 (1.46%) Mobile App
15 16 (1.38%) Management Information System
15 16 (1.38%) Public Cloud
16 14 (1.20%) IoT
17 12 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 56 (4.82%) Linux
2 25 (2.15%) Windows
3 21 (1.81%) Android
4 11 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.26%) CentOS
5 3 (0.26%) Debian
5 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Unix
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.086%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 605 (52.02%) Agile
2 538 (46.26%) CI/CD
3 495 (42.56%) DevOps
4 361 (31.04%) Software Engineering
5 273 (23.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 270 (23.22%) Containerisation
7 251 (21.58%) AI
8 235 (20.21%) Mentoring
9 227 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
10 202 (17.37%) Event-Driven
11 192 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 177 (15.22%) Computer Science
13 159 (13.67%) Scrum
13 159 (13.67%) TDD
14 158 (13.59%) Roadmaps
15 157 (13.50%) Test Automation
16 143 (12.30%) Technical Leadership
17 137 (11.78%) Clean Code
18 133 (11.44%) SDLC
19 123 (10.58%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 390 (33.53%) Java
2 298 (25.62%) C#
3 290 (24.94%) Python
4 276 (23.73%) SQL
5 262 (22.53%) JavaScript
6 203 (17.45%) TypeScript
7 60 (5.16%) Go
8 37 (3.18%) Shell Script
9 28 (2.41%) PL/SQL
10 24 (2.06%) C++
11 22 (1.89%) PHP
12 20 (1.72%) C
13 18 (1.55%) Bash
14 16 (1.38%) PowerShell
14 16 (1.38%) Ruby
15 14 (1.20%) Kotlin
16 13 (1.12%) Rust
17 7 (0.60%) Scala
18 6 (0.52%) Bicep
18 6 (0.52%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 205 (17.63%) Degree
2 130 (11.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 94 (8.08%) Security Cleared
4 69 (5.93%) SC Cleared
5 68 (5.85%) AWS Certification
6 57 (4.90%) Master's Degree
7 45 (3.87%) TOGAF Certification
8 41 (3.53%) Azure Certification
9 37 (3.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 28 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.29%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (1.20%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.77%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.77%) PMP
14 6 (0.52%) CISM
14 6 (0.52%) CISSP
15 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (7.57%) QA
2 23 (1.98%) GDPR
3 20 (1.72%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.46%) PCI DSS
5 11 (0.95%) IFRS
5 11 (0.95%) SLA
6 9 (0.77%) IFRS 17
6 9 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.77%) NIST
6 9 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (0.77%) Solvency II
7 8 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.69%) EMIR
8 5 (0.43%) NCSC
9 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.34%) WCAG
10 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.26%) SEPA
11 2 (0.17%) PSD2
11 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 358 (30.78%) Docker
2 15 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.086%) HDFS
5 1 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 345 (29.66%) Kubernetes
2 174 (14.96%) Terraform
3 45 (3.87%) Grafana
4 43 (3.70%) Ansible
5 28 (2.41%) Kibana
6 18 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.38%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.12%) Argo
9 5 (0.43%) Puppet
10 4 (0.34%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.34%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.26%) Istio
12 2 (0.17%) Rancher
13 1 (0.086%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.086%) Nagios
Vendors
1 188 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.59%) Oracle
3 29 (2.49%) Guidewire
4 26 (2.24%) Google
5 24 (2.06%) Salesforce
5 24 (2.06%) SAP
6 23 (1.98%) Splunk
7 22 (1.89%) Dynatrace
8 19 (1.63%) OpenAI
9 18 (1.55%) BiZZdesign
10 14 (1.20%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
12 12 (1.03%) Atlassian
12 12 (1.03%) Duck Creek
13 11 (0.95%) IBM
14 10 (0.86%) Fortinet
14 10 (0.86%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.86%) Software AG
15 9 (0.77%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.69%) OpenLink